saké

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sake"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (sake, rice wine), where the final e is accented to indicate that it is pronounced where it would usually remain silent in other senses of sake, as well as to differentiate it. Likely influenced by French saké.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsækeɪ/, /ˈsɑːkeɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ækeɪ, Rhymes: -ɑːkeɪ
  • IPA(key): /ˈsæki/, /ˈsɑːki/
    • Rhymes: -æki, Rhymes: -ɑːki

Noun

saké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)

  1. (alcoholic beverages) Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (sake, rice wine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ke/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

saké m (plural sakés)

  1. saké, rice wine

Descendants

  • Romanian: sake n
  • Turkish: sake

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

saké c

  1. alternative form of sake (saké)

Declension

Declension of saké
nominative genitive
singular indefinite saké sakés
definite sakén sakéns
plural indefinite
definite

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